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Tachinid fly, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia Relatively big and chubby with large orange abdomen full of heft black spikes. Hystricia sp. is my theory for now.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76383/tachinid_fly_-_closeup_la_planada_nature_reserve_colombia.html" title="Tachinid fly - closeup, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/76383_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=kKjg6c10X3flWmPZK8JsUrXidNc%3D" width="200" height="156" alt="Tachinid fly - closeup, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia Relatively big and chubby with large orange abdomen full of heft black spikes. Hystricia sp. is my theory for now.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76384/tachinid_fly_la_planada_nature_reserve_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,Hystricia abrupta,La Planada Nature Reserve,South America" /></a></figure> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,Hystricia abrupta,La Planada Nature Reserve,South America Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Tachinid fly, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia

Relatively big and chubby with large orange abdomen full of heft black spikes. Hystricia sp. is my theory for now.

Tachinid fly - closeup, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia Relatively big and chubby with large orange abdomen full of heft black spikes. Hystricia sp. is my theory for now.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76384/tachinid_fly_la_planada_nature_reserve_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,Hystricia abrupta,La Planada Nature Reserve,South America

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  1. View Dominik Hofer's profile
    Dominik Hofer
    Green Fly
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    I saw the same one in Ecuador and was told to forget to try to ID them without the specimen and a microscopic examination and/or DNA. Tachininae. But not Hystrica abrupta. Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
      Lion
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      Fair point, ID removed. Posted 6 years ago

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Uploaded Mar 20, 2019. Captured Oct 28, 2018 13:00 in Unnamed Road, Ricaurte, Nariño, Colombia.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/11.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm
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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.